Police: Burglar made off with Steve Jobs' wallet

This undated photo provided by the Santa Clara County Sheriff' shows Kariem McFarlin, 35, of Alameda, who has been charged in the July 17, 2012 burglary of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs' home in Palo Alto, Calif.

PALO ALTO, Calif.
(AP) — The burglar who broke into Steve Jobs' house made off with the
Apple Inc. co-founder's wallet with a dollar inside and his driver's
license in addition to Apple gadgets and jewelry, according to a police
report released Tuesday.

The details of the July 17 theft, and the suspect's alleged confession, were reported Tuesday by the San Jose Mercury News.

The
suspect, Kariem McFarlin, 35, targeted the unoccupied Palo Alto home
because it was under renovation, authorities said. When construction
crews left, he hopped a fence and found a spare key, according to the
report. McFarlin apparently realized he was in Jobs' house when he saw a
letter addressed to him.

Also taken in the 15-hour overnight
heist were iPhones, iPads, iPods, Mac computers, Cristal Champagne and
$60,000 worth of Tiffany & Co. jewelry. More bizarre items included
Monster Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, a Ninja Blender and a Sodastream
soda maker.

McFarlin sold some of the jewelry to a Pennsylvania
dealer and gave the iPads to a daughter and a friend, according to the
report.

"There's certain things you don't do, and burglary is one
of them. But burglarizing an icon like that, that just puts yourself
pretty much in the deep hole," McFarlin's former boss, Ross Rankin, told
the San Jose Mercury News.

McFarlin was arrested at his Alameda
home earlier this month after Apple investigators identified him after
he connected to the Internet on the stolen devices with his iTunes
account, police said. McFarlin acknowledged to police that he broke into
other homes and also wrote an apology letter to Jobs' widow, according
to the police report.

He remains jailed on $500,000 bail and is
expected to appear in court Monday. He faces almost eight years in
prison if convicted. His public defender did not return a call for
comment.

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